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Reading Is Dangerous

Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy, by S.A. Bradley – The author of this book did a segment on Kevin Geeks Out during the pandemic, and Beth has been listening to his podcast. His first two … Continue reading →

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Knight Time Is the Right Time

The King Arthur Collection – I’ve been reading this one on and off for about a year and a half. It’s long, but worth reading. There are six separate works included, as well as some background information about the historicity … Continue reading →

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Culture Clash at Camelot

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain – While Huckleberry Finn is undoubtedly a literary classic, I’m not sure why I had to read it twice in school when I probably would have enjoyed this one more. … Continue reading →

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Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me

The theme of time travel is so prevalent in fiction and general speculation these days that it surprises me a little how recent it really is. I guess part of it is because the idea of time as something through … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Einhorn, Fairy Tales, Futurama, Humor, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Science, Television | Tagged a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, a sound of thunder, angels, back to the future, bender bending rodriguez, bender's big score, bill and ted's excellent adventure, demons, edward bellamy, el anachronopete, enrique gaspar y rimbau, h.g. wells, looking backward, mark twain, ozma, paradox in oz, philip j. fry, presentism, ray bradbury, rip van winkle, samuel madden, tempus the parrot-ox, the time machine, time, time machines, time travel, washington irving |

PC World

A few years ago, I saw a comment to the effect that the term “politically correct” had come to be too vague, and to encompass so many different things that it’s unclear what someone is actually talking about when they … Continue reading →

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